Feather Abrasion
Here’s a pix of feather I found this morning showing feather abrasion.

Here’s a pix of feather I found this morning showing feather abrasion.

Anyone want to try this bird Virginia found at Lake Creek Trail this morning? The lousy pix is all me
sub-species ad naseum !! Red-tailed Hawk Project
Dacha bird #145 flew over yesterday: eastern meadowlark.
Here’s a reminder of 3 field marks for Downy v Hairy Woodpecker. 1 Small black bars on outer tail feathers (Downy). All white for Hairy. 2) Bill shorter than the width of the head (Downy). Hairy is much larger bill, comparable to width of head. 3) Red on back of head on male Downy uninterrupted…
Something I just learned: male Bushtit dark eyes, female light.
Well I’ve been out gulling most days this week. Staying at my sister’s who lives near a favorite gull location on Lake Ray Hubbard. I’ve been looking for, and thought I’d found, variously Iceland gull (Thayers), California Gull, and today a great black backed gull. After review of bad digiscoped-through-the-fog-in-the-chill-breeze pix and videos and consultation…